Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
2019 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
AU$20,000 High Roller
Day: 1
Break Time
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The 14 remaining High Rollers are on a 10-minute break.
Hahn Eliminated by Teska
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jason Pritchard raised to 8,000 from middle position. Roger Teska re-raised to 22,000 from the hijack. Michael Hahn then moved all in for around 110,000 from the button. The action folded back around to Pritchard who folded. Teska snap-called.
Teska: 
Hahn: 
Hahn was unable to improve against Teska's pocket pair, after the board ran out 
, resulting in his elimination just before the last break of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Play Tightens Up
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Play has tightened up considerably over the last level or so as the remaining 15 players jockey for position. The two short-stacks currently belong to Jarred Graham (39,000) over on the feature table, and Geoff Mooney, who has not long doubled to 85,000. The other players are circling like sharks that can smell the blood in the water, but as yet there has been no feeding frenzy.
Michael Egan is the big stack over on the feature table with 267,000 in chips, while Ryan Otto holds the overall chip lead with around 310,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | |
|
267,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
|
85,000
56,500
|
56,500 |
|
39,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
||
Spano Eliminated by Kempson
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Robert Spano moved all-in for 52,500 from under the gun. Corey Kempson then shoved for just over 100,000 from middle position. The rest of the table got out of the way.
Kempson: 
Spano: 
The board ran out 
, improving Kempson to a higher two pair on the river, resulting in Spano hitting the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
Busted |
Vukovic Pressures Otto and Teska
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ryan Otto raised to 6,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by Roger Teska in the cutoff. Mladen Vukovic then bumped it up to 26,000 from the button. Both Otto and Teska called.
The flop came 
and the action checked to Vukovic who continued for 22,000. Otto folded shortly after. Teska took a little more time making his decision before finally releasing his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
281,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
175,000
-67,000
|
-67,000 |
|
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Kempson Busts Kim
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Brian Kim's tournament is over, with Corey Kempson the man to send him to the rail, stacking up to around 110,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
Prize Pool and Payouts
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The prize pool has been announced, coming in at AU$1,007,000 (~$687,050) with the top six places paying out. The winner will take home a sizable top prize of AU$377,625 (~$257,640) with the payouts as follows:
| Place | Prize (AU$) | Prize (~US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $377,625 | $257,640 |
| 2nd | $233,624 | $159,395 |
| 3rd | $153,064 | $104,430 |
| 4th | $105,735 | $72,140 |
| 5th | $77,539 | $52,900 |
| 6th | $59,413 | $40,535 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Non-Feature Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Level 11
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shivan Abdine | 69,000 |
| 2 | Geoff Mooney | 28,500 |
| 3 | Ryan Otto | 340,000 |
| 4 | Bernie Stang | 240,000 |
| 5 | Tom Raffery | 90,000 |
| 6 | Jason Pritchard | 152,000 |
| 7 | Roger Teska | 242,000 |
| 8 | Mladen Vukovic | 285,000 |
| 9 | Michael Hahn | 190,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
285,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
242,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
240,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
190,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
152,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
|
90,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
69,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
|
28,500
-64,100
|
-64,100 |